BURSLEM METHODIST MISSION (SWAN BANK)
Registered charity 1141130 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SWAN BANK CHURCH
We are a community church with extensive pastoral and community activities
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,645 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £785,199 to £770,554. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £284,423, which is above the stated policy target of £50,000 to £100,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £284k)
“Swan Bank aims to hold 3-6 months of expenditure in reserve, which is between £50,000 to £100,000.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Register events
- Received assets from another charity (06/08/2021) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Cameron Sheeranchair
- Bethany Peake
- Craig Rome
- David Potter
- Elizabeth Thompson
- Ethan Blood
- HOWARD DOBSON · trustee of 1 other charity
- Janet Bagnall
- Jonathan Adam Boult
- KEITH IAN STUBBS
- Kieran Hughes
- Lauren Rebecca Brabbs
- Lloyd Gray
- MATTHEW NIXON
- MISS Susan Elsie Simcoe
- Mercy Macheka
- Neil Barnett
- Nigel Johnson
- Opelo Kgari
- Phillip Andrews
- Phillip Dann
- Rev Kathryn Stephens · trustee of 2 other charities
- Rev Ruth Hazel Jeffries
- Rev William Arthur Wakelin · trustee of 1 other charity
- SARAH JOY DOBSON RGN RSCN
- STEPHEN ROY ADAMS · trustee of 1 other charity
- Sandra Hearson
- Shirley Brooks
- Stewart Chapman
- Sylvina Johnson
- Thomas James Hall
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Staffordshire · Stoke-on-trent City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is BURSLEM METHODIST MISSION (SWAN BANK) financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £14,645 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £785,199 to £770,554. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £284,423, which is above the stated policy target of £50,000 to £100,000. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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